At the end of the summer, about 20 members of the Bad Bitch Book Club arrived in Door County, Wisconsin. Their plan was to read books provided by Simon & Schuster, talk about books, and simply relax.

According to Bad Bitch Book Club co-founder MacKenzie Newcomb, the trip capped off “a landmark year.” That’s saying a lot. Ever since the club launched in 2018 as an online community of book lovers, they’ve convened for reading retreats in New York, New Mexico, Florida, and Vermont. “The vibe of a Bad Bitch Book Club retreat is electric and comfortable at the same time,” explains co-founder Kaylynn Arnett-Sampson. “We can talk about the book we hated the most this year, or the one that made us cry the hardest. You’ll almost always find someone who agrees and even if they don’t, the likeli

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